# Share links

A share link shows a read-only dashboard of one site to anyone who has the
link, such as a client, without a WordPress account. A site can have any
number of links, and each can be revoked on its own. To show the dashboard
inside a page of the site instead, see
[Embedding a dashboard](/docs/track/embedding.md).

## Creating a link

Open the site's **Sharing** section, beside its dashboard.

1. Enter a **Link name**, such as `Client report`
2. Optionally set a **Password**. Leave it empty for a public link
3. Under **Visible cards**, switch on the cards the link shows: **Sources**,
   **Pages**, **Locations**, **Devices** and **Goals**
4. Turn on **Preset the dashboard’s filters** to show only the segment the
   dashboard is filtered by, such as a group of pages
5. Under **Period**, keep **Chosen by the viewer**, open the page on the
   dashboard's current period with **Opens on**, or show only that period with
   **Always**
6. Turn on **Hide branding** to hide the domain and the Track branding
7. Click **Create share link**

The links appear above the form, each with its preset below its name and its
address with **Copy**. The trash icon revokes a link after asking. The
dashboards the site's posts embed are listed below the form, to revoke the
same way; see
[Embedding a dashboard](/docs/track/embedding.md#revoking-one).

## Presets

Filter the dashboard and choose its period, then open **Sharing** in the same
workspace tab: a new link can take both along. Preset filters apply to everything the shared page
shows and appear first among its filter chips with a lock instead of a remove
button; the viewer cannot remove them, only add filters of their own within
the visible cards. A fixed period replaces the period picker with the period's
name. The server enforces both, whatever the page's address asks for. Links
made before presets show the whole site as before.

## What the shared page shows

The link opens a page on the install's own domain, outside the WordPress
admin. It shows the headline metrics, the visitors chart, the realtime count
and the chosen cards, with the period picker, custom ranges and filters, which
work as on the dashboard. Filters are limited to the cards the link shows.

The **Campaigns** card, funnels, annotations, saved views, export, the site
settings and the installation check are never shared. With **Hide branding**
on, the page is titled with the link's name instead of the domain and shows no
site icon beside the title.

## Passwords

A protected link first asks for the password. After it is entered, the page
reloads with a `ph` parameter in its address that carries a hash of the
password, so that address opens without asking again; treat it like the
password. Changing the password means revoking the link and creating a new
one.

## Privacy

Shared pages ask search engines not to index them and are never cached. A view
of a shared page is logged as an internal event that never counts as traffic,
a goal or a webhook delivery. Revoking a link or deleting the site ends access
immediately.